GPS Define: POI
Define: POI stands for Points Of Interest and is the database of nearly everything other than roads in GPS navigation data. Restaurants, hotels, gas stations, museums, and other attractions are all...
View ArticleGPS Define: DAGR
Define: DAGR stands for Defense Advanced Global Positioning Satellite Receivers. DAGR provides a Precise Positioning System, using a hand-held, dual-frequency, lightweight receiver of less than one...
View ArticleGeocoding Geotagging Photos with GPS Coordinates
The process of geocoding or geotagging photos is becoming increasingly popular. The terms can be used interchangeably, and is the process of coding or tagging digital photos with information about the...
View ArticleText To Speech
A common question that comes up when people are shopping for GPS devices is “What is text-to-speech?”. The follow-up to that question then becomes “Do you think text-to-speech is a necessary feature?”....
View ArticleWhat is an Electronic Compass?
A question we get time and time again is “what is an electronic compass?” After-all, GPS devices are electronic and they can tell what direction I’m going. So shouldn’t all GPS devices be known as...
View ArticleSeptember 2008 Desired GPS Features
I decided to take a look at the features GPS shoppers have been looking for over the past month. There were not too many surprises, but the data is still interesting nonetheless. At the top of the...
View ArticleLane Assistant
Related Article This article is a companion to our Junction Image article to help you distinguish between these two similar features. Lane Assist is becoming a popular feature recently as the data that...
View ArticleJunction Image
Related Article This article is a companion to our Lane Assist article to help you distinguish between these two similar features. Junction View was a feature first made popular in North America by...
View ArticleAssisted GPS, A-GPS
With the proliferation of smartphones, iPhones, and iPad devices with GPS capabilities, many people are asking about Assisted GPS, also known as A-GPS. Does it use the “regular” GPS satellites? Is it...
View ArticleGPS explained: Position accuracy | Accuracy Values by Garmin Receivers
Note: The following was not something I wrote, but found on the web several years ago. The original site is no longer online, so I’m including it here for preservation. I can’t speak to the accuracy of...
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